Parliament - Köpping: no corruption affair in the Ministry of Social Affairs
Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs Petra Köpping (SPD) has once again rejected accusations in connection with her ministry's funding practices. "There was and is no corruption affair in the Ministry of Social Affairs. But there was incorrect administrative action," she said in the state parliament on Wednesday. Former State Secretary Sebastian Vogel had taken responsibility for this. "We have drawn the consequences and completely restructured the funding procedure." Mistakes had been admitted and corrected. Vogel was retired after the allegations came to light.
In a special report the previous week, the Saxon Court of Audit had criticized the implementation of a funding guideline for the integration of refugees and attested that the ministry had acted unlawfully to an "extraordinary extent". No evidence of personal misconduct on Köpping's part was found. However, almost every one of the more than 100 case files examined was found to have significant shortcomings. The audit focused on funding from the years 2016 to 2019.
The AfD used the ACA report as an opportunity for a further debate on the case in the state parliament. According to AfD MP André Barth, there is suspicion of political influence in the Ministry of Social Affairs. Representatives of other parties accused the AfD of scandalization. Köpping advised everyone to form their own opinion. "The Court of Auditors' report is public." The authority makes a very clear distinction between administrative procedural errors in the implementation of the directive and procedurally extraneous influences. The errors had been recognized and corrected.
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- Despite the criticism from the Saxon Court of Audit regarding the implementation of a funding guideline for refugee integration, no evidence of corruption was found against Minister Petra Köpping from the SPD party in the Ministry of Social Affairs in Dresden.
- The AfD, a political party in Saxony, utilized the Court of Audit's report to call for further debate on the alleged corruption affair in the Ministry of Social Affairs, suggesting potential political influence.
- north of Dresden, the SPD and other parties accused the AfD of sensationalizing the matter, while Petra Köpping advised everyone to form their own opinions based on the publicly available report from the Court of Audit.
- The Ministry of Social Affairs in Dresden, led by Minister Petra Köpping (SPD), acknowledged mistakes as reported by the Court of Audit and took necessary measures to correct them, including restructuring the funding procedure and retiring former State Secretary Sebastian Vogel after allegations arose.
Source: www.stern.de
